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Alter Bridge is an American alternative metal/post-grunge band based in Orlando, Florida. The band was formed in 2004 by Mark Tremonti and Scott Phillips, both formerly of Creed, which had gone through a breakup due to issues with singer Scott Stapp. According to Tremonti, "Creed had taken its course," and both he and Phillips, after jamming shortly after Stapp's departure and attempt at a solo career, realized that they were anxious to start recording and performing music again. They reunited with former bassist Brian Marshall, who had left Creed much earlier, and called up guitarist/vocalist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four, a rock band that Creed had toured with earlier in the band's career before they made it big. Kennedy, Tremonti, Phillips, and Marshall started a new band, and soon, after juggling a few names, settled on the moniker Alter Bridge, which was named after a bridge in Detroit near Tremonti's home on Alter Road. The bridge led to a bad side of town, and the neighborhood children were not allowed to cross because of this. Thus, according to Tremonti, the name of the band symbolizes going over into the unknown and starting something new. Alter Bridge released their debut album, One Day Remains, on August 10, 2004 along with their first single "Open Your Eyes", which was followed by "Find The Real" and "Broken Wings". "Find The Real" was used as theme music to the WWE 2005 Royal Rumble. The song "Metalingus" has been used since late 2004 as the theme song for WWE superstar Edge. The album, which was certified Gold by the RIAA, was released by Wind-Up Records, but the band quickly went with Universal Republic for the sophomore release. It is said that Wind-Up, which was also Creed's and Scott Stapp's record labels, was pressing for a Creed reunion, which was the main reason Alter Bridge decided to drop their contract with the label. After finishing up the final leg of the One Day Remains tour
in The first single from the album, "Rise Today", was released on July 30, 2007 and was used as the theme song for WWE Unforgiven 2007. On January 2, 2008, "Watch Over You" was officially named the second single for Blackbird. After spending a short amount of time on the rock charts, "Watch Over You" was announced to being less promoted to rock charts due to being released to pop stations everywhere in the later part of April, making it the first Alter Bridge song released to pop radio. "Before Tomorrow Comes" was announced as the third single on April 1, 2008 and was released to radio airplay in the latter part of that month. The video for "Watch Over You" was released in mid-September 2008. A new version of the video, using clips from VH1's Celebrity Rehab, was released later that month. There is also currently a duet version of the song featuring Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil on the band's MySpace. In addition, the song debuted at #10 on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown and has since reached #3 on the countdown. Also, in mid-September, Alter Bridge went on tour with Disturbed, P.O.D. and Redline to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in New Zealand. Recently, the band has shot their first live DVD, which contains footage from three concerts in Amsterdam, Italy, and the Brixton Academy in London. Dan Catullo of Coming Home Productions, who has worked with artists such as Godsmack, Nickelback, and the Smashing Pumpkins, produced the DVD, and it is expected to be released in February if all goes as planned. Alter Bridge concluded their Blackbird tour on December 10, 2008, and fans can expect a new album sometime in 2009 or 2010. Click here For Alter Bridge Guitar Tabs on Ultimate Guitar Tabs
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